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meal is being prepared. Nearby is an Eskimo woman fishing through 

 the ice. She has formed a windbreak with blocks of ice. The fish- 

 rod and hook, and the long ladle are made of bone, and with this latter 

 she keeps the water in the hole from freezing over while she is fishing. 

 In this section will be found collections obtained by the Stefansson- 

 Anderson expedition from the Eskimo of Coronation Gulf, some of 

 whom had never seen a white man. 1\\ other cases are shown the cloth- 

 ing of the Eskimo, the many ingeniously made implements, and many 

 finely carved and engraved ivory objects. 



The doorway at the north end of the hall leads to ihe Auditorium , 

 which has a seating capacity of 1,400, and is equipped 

 Auditorium with two screens, 25 feet square, for stereopticons. Free 

 public lectures are given here Tuesday and Saturday 

 evenings from October to May under the auspices of the Board of 

 Education. There are also special lectures for Members of the Museum 

 as well as lectures for school children. At the entrance of the lecture 

 hall is appropriately placed a bust of Professor Albert S. Bickmore, 

 originator of the movement that resulted in the erection of the Museum, 

 first curator, and founder of its lecture system. 



At the end of the corridor is the power room, where may be seen 



„ „ demonstrated the transformation of the potential energy 



Power Room r i • i i- i i • 



of coal nito heat, light and motion. 



WEST CORRIDOR 



To the right or west of the Jesup statue are three halls devoted to 

 Indian collections. To reach these the visitor passes through the West 

 Corridor, which is devoted to the temporary display of recent acquisi- 

 tions or small collections of particular interest. Opening from this 

 is the West Assembly Hall, frequently used for temporary exhibitions 

 as well as meetings. 



On the landing, at the head of the stairway, is the William Demuth 

 collection of pipes and fire-making appliances from many parts of the 

 world. 



SOUTHWEST WING 



Indians of the Woodlands 



The halls to the west contain collections from the North American 

 Indians of Indians and together with the hall in the south central 



the Woodlands ^i^g present the nine great culture areas of North America. 



(See map on the right of the entrance.) 



